I just won’t quit with this As Seen on TV theme. I’m buying time here–trying to wrangle a few more ‘Smooth Aways’ out of the company so I can send them to everyone who commented–hope to have an answer by Friday, so hang in there!
Today we’re going to talk about our favorite As Seen on TV products–ones that you swear by and ones that you’ve been dying to try. I’ll preface this by saying I did talk about something similar recently–forgive me but I’m a bit obsessed with ASonTV products right now.
The ASonTV that I was always DYING to own was the leather repair kit. Let’s ignore the fact that I owned no leather apparel when I was 8 (or even today, for that matter). Additionally, even though I grew up in an Italian family, we didn’t own any leather furniture for me to damage and then repair.
I also pined for The Clapper and Chia Pets when I saw them advertised on television. I never owned any of them.
If you could score any ASonTV product, what would you select and why? What product do you think is the biggest piece of merde on the market right now?
Snuggie=pain
I just want Billy Mays to quit shouting at me!!! I am always obsessed with any kitchen gadget that “they” are hawking on TV. I still want a Magic Bullet even though I KNOW I won’t use it. My daughter has one and she is like…meh.
@ bouncy: i am DYING for a snuggie (or the lesser know SLANKET)
@ connie: the magic bullet looks too good to be true but i still want one.
Maddie just got a snuggie and LOVES it! Plus it came with a free nightlight, which is nearly as great. A+
I want a sham wow. I know I know, but still with a 4 yr old spills-big ones-happen and though I am not a green freak exactly, I would love to not use a roll of paper towels or 3 bath towels when the inevitable happens.
(I was fascinated by the leather repair kit too)
I have the Magic Bullet. It is useful for making smoothies for one person because the clean up is easier than a blender, but all the different cups take up a lot of cabinet space.
I would be VERY excited if that belt that electo-shocks your abs into a six-pack really worked. (I’ve never tried it, but there’s no way…)
I recently discovered your blog, and I must say, I love it. You should write a book. I would buy it. Moving on from “freaky praise” to “As Seen on TV.” I want that leather repair kit! I have a leather couch, my dogs (and several moving trips) have scraped up the entire back. I want that dam* leather repair kit so bad, but I’m too much of a pansy to even think about buying. Actually, is it even still on the market? Has anyone ever used one?
I sort of want ShamWow too – it just looks like fun to play with.
I also want this neat little plastic thingy I saw once that when it is laid out has lots of little compartments for tiny things, and then you roll it up and store it. Amazing!
I’m a sucker for things on TV – especially if they come in a shiny box.
ShamWow. Mostly just so I can spill things and see if it really works like he says it does.
And I’ve always wanted an honest to goodness Chia Pet.
I recently bought a Magic Bullet, love it!
I want some Fix-It!
Of course, I don’t own a car to use it on, but the commercials just amaze me.
I imagine turning the devices against the hawkers.
•Take ShamWows, insert into Billy Mays’ mouth.
•Take Shamwow Guy’s headset, stick in blender that kills everything.
•Take Shamwow guy and Billy Mays, insert into Snuggies (optional to then place into Space Vacuum bags), hold them hostage. Give them Jitterbugs with lousy reception to give them false hope of escape.
etc., etc.
I am mesmerised by the orange cheese in the Magic Bullet ads.
I still want a set of indestructible knives so I can cut a shoe and then a tomato.
Way back in the day in Australia we had a little old man on telly called Joe the Gadget Man, who would do all the advertorials. I would want anything he spruiked for, he was just so earnest and good-natured.
And a bedazzler. WANT!
I caved and ordered Nad’s once. I knew they had to be lying about the hair removal not hurting, but I didn’t think it’d be worse than having my eyebrows and upper lip waxed. Afterward, I contemplated suing for false advertisement; my legs stung for DAYS. And that was just my calves and knee area–I tried an armpit once. Someone screamed; I think it was me. (Since then, I’ve decided that there’s not much wrong with hairiness. Did you know armpit hair is soft?! Seriously, fun-to-touch soft.)
Since then, there’s not much that grabs me from infomercials now… But I did see a demonstration at The Bay that got me to buy a Magic Roller or whatever it was called–instead of buying those sticky paper lint rollers, you can just rinse the Magic Roller off & let it dry. (It’s pretty much the same surfaces as those toys we used to get in cereal that were supposed to stick to or crawl down the windows, but so far, I’m pretty happy with it.)